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Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Under the TB and Brucellosis Eradication Scheme, animals removed as reactors may be eligible for compensation, subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the individual schemes. In this instance the herdowner was restricted on the 10 November 2008, as a result of a positive factory lesion on an animal which the herdowner had sent for slaughter. However, since the animal was not...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The first phase of the REPS 4 payment will issue to the person named within the next ten days.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: An application was received on 8 April 2008 requesting the transfer of 178.91 Single Payment entitlements to the person named from his father by way of gift. As the entitlements held by the father of the person named included a set of 53.01 entitlements that had been leased from a third party, it was necessary to arrange for this pre-existing lease to be ended and for a new lease to be...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007-13 and is subject to EU Regulations which require detailed administrative checks on all applications to be completed before the first payments issue. The first payments for 2008 REPS 4 applications issued in the last week of January to those whose applications required no correction following the administrative checks....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named received his first-year REPS 3 payment in November 2006. An issue has since arisen regarding the eligibility for payment of certain lands, and officials of my Department have discussed the position with him and his planner. It will be necessary for the issue to be resolved before any further payment can be made.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The total number of applications for REPS 4 received in 2007 and 2008 was 12,292. As of today, REPS 4 payments have been made to 6,194 applicants or just over 50% of the total. These payments amount to some €20.5 million. REPS 4 is a measure under the current Rural Development Programme 2007–13 and is subject to different EU Regulations from the preceding versions of REPS. Under REPS...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named applied on 12 animals under the Suckler Welfare Scheme. Payment in respect of one calf issued on 05/03/09. Errors were identified on the remaining calves, 6 of these have now been resolved and payment will issue shortly. The remaining 5 animals are ineligible for payment as the calves were moved from the holding on 20/10/2008, less than two weeks after the weaning date....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The 13.48 Single Payment entitlements in question were rented out by the person named to another farmer for the 2007 scheme year only and reverted to the person named on the expiry of that agreement on the 29 April 2008. Consequently they were not available to the lessee for the 2008 scheme year and payment did not therefore issue to the lessee. An application was received on the 9 January...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person concerned is an applicant under the Farm Improvement Scheme. My Department is currently processing his application and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The person named has 15 cows for consideration under the 2008 Suckler Welfare Scheme. On 8 December 2008, four cows were paid grants totalling €328.00. Another cow was slaughtered on veterinary advice and payment will issue shortly in respect of this animal. There are errors on two other animals, and these have been queried with the applicant by an official from my Department in...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: From 1st June 2009 the Reconstitution Scheme will only be available for forestry plantations that suffer significant damage due to frost, drought, deer, grey squirrel, vole, disease or insect damage. The Reconstitution Scheme will not cover any fire or wind damage occurring after this date. All forestry owners will be notified of the change within the next number of weeks and will also be...

Written Answers — Common Agricultural Policy: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: I announced yesterday that unused funds available in 2009 from the Single Farm Payment National Reserve would be paid to hill sheep farmers in the form of an Uplands Sheep Payment. The amount in question is approximately €7million in 2009. These funds have become available as a result of a request by myself, supported by a number of my counterparts from other Member States, in the context...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: There is no record of an application received in my Department under the Young Farmers' Installation Scheme from the person concerned.

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Single Payment entitlements are not attached to land and do not transfer automatically with land. Entitlements are the property of the farmer who established them during the reference period of 2000-2002 or, if transferred by way of permanent transfer since then, the property of the person to whom they were transferred. Application to transfer entitlements must be completed where sale, gift...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: The new Animal Health and Welfare Bill, which is currently being drafted, gives effect to a number of animal health and welfare commitments contained in the Programme for Government. These commitments include the updating of existing legislation to ensure that animal welfare is properly protected and that penalties for offenders are increased significantly. My officials have met with a wide...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: REPS 3 payments continue to be made in one payment as heretofore. The EU Regulations governing REPS 4 require that 75% of the payment can issue after all administrative checks have been completed and the balancing 25% can issue only after all on the spot checks have been carried out.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Payment in respect of 7 animals should issue to this applicant in the near future. A number of issues have arisen in relation to the other 5 animals applied for and officials from my Department will contact the person named in this regard.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: Payment will issue to the person named within the next ten days.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Brendan Smith: There is no record in my Department of the receipt of an application under the Suckler Welfare Scheme from the person named.